The Portland daily press., 1887-07-20
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The Musical Herald for July is at hand.
The July number Of the Masonic Token
has been published by Stephen Berry.
Cool and pleasant-weather yesterday with
wind from the southeast
Lewiston Commandery of Knights Tenn
plar will make its annual pilgrimage to Bur-
lington, Vt, July 10Th to 2Sth.
The Portland & Rochester Railroad Com
pany have received a set of street gates to be
used at the Green street crossing.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will go
on their annual excursion to Sebago Lake
the 2Sth inst.
The meeting of the Kerosene Oil Company
was adjourned yesterday for lack of quo
rum.
Sebago water will be shut off on the high
levels from this afternoon at one o'clock to
Thursday morning in order to repair break
in the main pipe on Congress street.
The schooner Phantom, of IGloucester, ar
rived here Monday night with 25Co pounds of
mackerel, the result of two days catch. The
cargo sold for nine cents throughout.
A majority of the apothecaries repudiate
tatements relating to the threat that they
would endeavor to stop the horse cars, island
steamers and livery stables doing business
ON Sunday.
]. II. Harper and some friends went yacht
ing Monday. They couldn't control the
boat and drifted out to sea. They finally
made fast to buoy and remained all night
They were brought in by passing staa>ner.
The owners of the yacht Willie have just
IL Do of
trial for the challenge cup" The challenge
is for an open race and the Warren will pos
SHY enter<again.
Mondays vestibule train for Bar Harbor
was a9<hour late at Portland. The time
was made up between here and Bar Harbor
The So miles between Waterville and Bangor
were run in one hour.
At s a. m. to-day the grocers, provision
dealers and fish dealers will march from City
Hotel to Custom House Wharf to take the
Express for the Waldo House. Their stores
will be closed during the day.
Mr.. II. W. Ripley has brought suit against
Policeman N. B. Chase, Policeman Little
john and Mrs Chase for assault and battery
and false Imprisonment, and will bring it be-
fore the September term of the Superior
Court
Fire was discovered in the machine room
in the basement of the Oriental Powder
Mills at Gambo yesterday morning. There
was large quantity Of powder stored in the
building. Owing to the wet woodwork the
fire burned out before it reached the powder,
and only slight damage was done.
A. 0. Pike, Esq. president of the Frye
burg Horse Railroad Company, was in the
city Friday and took to Fryeburg dozen
men to work on the construction of the new
horse railroad. Mr.. Pike says that the road
will probably be in operation by next Mon
day.
The Fraternity Lodge of L. o. o. f., and
Rocky Hill Lodge of X. p, of Woodfords,
will go to Long Island to-day. Cush-
ing & Mitchell will get up the clam bake
Zenas Thompson's employees will also visit
the same place Friday, the I'D, on their an
nual picnic at Cushing & Mitchell's.
A special Pullman car the Maine, left
Philadelphia Sunday evening, came over the
Pennsylvania Central, New York & Huron,
to Worcester, and there connected with the
Portland q Worcester, came to Portland,
was dbtdcncu W Monudy NeSIlDuie tram,
and arrived at Bar Harbor Monday night.
At the Chautauqua Union at Fryeburg, the
Women's Christian Temperance Union will
have an hour on the afternoons of July 9th,
2Sth and 3Oth, in charge of Mrs. Stevens,
State President. Mrs. Woodbridge, of Ohio,
Miss Tobey, President of the Massachusetts
Union, and other prominent ladies will as
sist. Mrs. Woodbridge will give the address
on the afternoon of July 30th.